Holistic Integrative Oncology publishes Research, Review, Guideline, Letter and Commentary.
• Research: the articles should include 5,000~7,000 words in the main text (excluding the title page, references, figure legends, tables and figures) and have no more than 8 figures and tables in total.
• Review: the review paper should cover a wide range of the advances related to the topic and include at least 4 figures and tables, and approximately 10,000 words (not including references).
• Guideline: evidence-based, systematically developed recommendations for achieving standardized research or clinical practice, and approximately 10,000 words.
• Letter: letters provide rapid and concise report of a novel finding that is brief in nature but is of general interest to the field. There should include max 1 figure or table and less than 1200 words in the main text, and have no more than 10 references.
• Commentary: A Commentary presents discussion on an issue(s) of public interest that has broad impacts on horticulture research (e.g. policy, funding, ethics, etc.) or relevant scientific issues that have significant impacts on the wellbeing of our society. A Comment paper should have no more than 2,500 words in main text, with a maximum of 3 figure/table/diagram and 10 references. The in-text citation and references should be formatted as those described for Research Article above.
It is the Corresponding Author’s responsibility to ensure that he/she has the correct authors’ names, affiliations, addresses and author sequence when the final corrected proofs are submitted. Please keep in mind that corrections are no longer possible after online first publication. All additional corrections need the approval of the Editor-in-Chief and would result in the publication of an erratum that will be hyperlinked to the article.
Peer review policy:
This journal follows a single-blind peer reviewing procedure. Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two or more experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board.
